Kaia Kanepi vs Aryna Sabalenka — Australian Open Round of 16

Australian Open · WTA · Round of 16
EST
Kaia Kanepi
41 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 17 January 2022
hard
Aryna Sabalenka
BLR2
Aryna Sabalenka
#1WTA
2220ELO
2201Hard ELO
$4.7MYTD
$50MCAREER
28 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Kanepi K.
5-7 6-2 7-6
Sabalenka A.
Kanepi K.
56792
Sabalenka A.
72671

Kaia Kanepi defeated Aryna Sabalenka 5-7 6-2 7-6 in the Australian Open round of 16 on hard. Kaia Kanepi extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2022-08-29US OpenR64hardAryna Sabalenka2-6 7-6(8) 6-4
2021-01-31Gippsland TrophyR32hardKaia Kanepi6-1 2-6 6-1
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Serve vs return

This season
Kanepi K.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Sabalenka A.

Sabalenka A.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Kanepi K.

Serve advantage — Sabalenka A.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Kanepi K.Sabalenka A.
—
Serve
96
—
Return
39

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Kanepi K.Sabalenka A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
56%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
51%
Service points won·Even
59%
63%
Return points won·Even
42%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
53%
63%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.7
4.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.5
2.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (75 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Kanepi K.Sabalenka A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
39
98
Break points saved·Dominant
69
98
Break points won·Dominant
70
100
Deciding sets·Dominant
57
97
Tiebreaks·Dominant
15
100

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Kanepi K.
6.1
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Sabalenka A.
5.4
Clear underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
10.0
H2H
0.0
3.6
Surface form
3.4
Win streak
0.0Lost last 4
Fatigue & Travel
7.2
Minutes 14d
7.7
4.0
3-set count
7.0
8.0
Prev. match
7.0
5.1
Country comfort
Context
6.0
Defending pts
6.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Kanepi K.Sabalenka A.
Freshness·
—
90

Sabalenka A.: 8 days rest · 4 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
21°COvercast
Wind 13 km/hHumidity 68%

Draw

Final
Barty A.[1]
Collins D.[27]
6-37-62
Semi-finals
Collins D.[27]
Swiatek I.[7]
6-46-1
Barty A.[1]
Keys M.
6-16-3
Quarter-finals
Keys M.
Krejcikova B.[4]
6-36-2
Swiatek I.[7]
Kanepi K.
4-67-626-3
Barty A.[1]
Pegula J.[21]
6-26-0
Collins D.[27]
Cornet A.
7-56-1
R16
Barty A.[1]
Anisimova A.
6-46-3
Keys M.
Badosa P.[8]
6-36-1
Swiatek I.[7]
Cirstea S.
5-76-36-3
Kanepi K.
Sabalenka A.[2]
5-76-27-67
Krejcikova B.[4]
Azarenka V.[24]
6-26-2
Cornet A.
Halep S.[14]
6-43-66-4
Pegula J.[21]
Sakkari M.[5]
7-606-3
Collins D.[27]
Mertens E.[19]
4-66-46-4
R32
Anisimova A.
Osaka N.[13]
4-66-37-65
Pegula J.[21]
Parrizas Diaz N.
7-636-2
Keys M.
Wang Q.
4-66-37-62
Badosa P.[8]
Kostyuk M.
6-25-76-4
Collins D.[27]
Tauson C.
4-66-47-5
Mertens E.[19]
Zhang S.
6-26-2
Halep S.[14]
Kovinic D.
6-26-1
Cornet A.
Zidansek T.[29]
4-66-46-2
Kanepi K.
Inglis M.
2-66-26-0
Sabalenka A.[2]
Vondrousova M.[31]
4-66-36-1
Cirstea S.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[10]
6-32-66-2
Barty A.[1]
Giorgi C.[30]
6-26-3
Sakkari M.[5]
Kudermetova V.[28]
6-46-1
Krejcikova B.[4]
Ostapenko J.[26]
2-66-46-4
Swiatek I.[7]
Kasatkina D.[25]
6-26-3
Azarenka V.[24]
Svitolina E.[15]
6-06-2
R64
Svitolina E.[15]
Tan H.
6-35-75-1
Parrizas Diaz N.
Zanevska M.
W/O
Zhang S.
Rybakina E.[12]
6-41-0
Barty A.[1]
Bronzetti L.
6-16-1
Giorgi C.[30]
Martincova T.
6-27-62
Kudermetova V.[28]
Ruse E.
6-27-5
Ostapenko J.[26]
Riske Amritraj A.
4-66-26-4
Keys M.
Cristian J.
6-27-5
Badosa P.[8]
Trevisan M.
6-06-3
Collins D.[27]
Konjuh A.
6-46-3
Halep S.[14]
Haddad Maia B.
6-26-0
Kovinic D.
Raducanu E.[17]
6-44-66-3
Cornet A.
Muguruza G.[3]
6-36-3
Swiatek I.[7]
Peterson R.
6-26-2
Kasatkina D.[25]
Linette M.
6-26-3
Cirstea S.
Kucova K.
6-26-4
Kanepi K.
Bouzkova M.
6-27-63
Vondrousova M.[31]
Samsonova L.
6-27-5
Sabalenka A.[2]
Wang X.
1-66-46-2
Inglis M.
Baptiste H.
7-642-66-2
Pegula J.[21]
Pera B.
6-46-4
Sakkari M.[5]
Zheng Q.
6-16-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[10]
Stosur S.
6-26-2
Osaka N.[13]
Brengle M.
6-06-4
Tauson C.
Kontaveit A.[6]
6-26-4
Anisimova A.
Bencic B.[22]
6-27-5
Wang Q.
Van Uytvanck A.
2-67-656-3
Krejcikova B.[4]
Wang X.
6-26-3
Azarenka V.[24]
Teichmann J.
6-16-2
Kostyuk M.
Sorribes Tormo S.[32]
7-656-3
Mertens E.[19]
Begu I.
6-36-2
Zidansek T.[29]
Watson H.
7-646-4
R128
Kucova K.
Doi M.
6-37-5
Kudermetova V.[28]
Liu C.
6-46-4
Barty A.[1]
Tsurenko L.
6-06-1
Wang X.
Hruncakova V.
7-56-3
Riske Amritraj A.
Vekic D.
6-26-2
Azarenka V.[24]
Udvardy P.
6-36-1
Tan H.
Putintseva Y.
6-36-3
Svitolina E.[15]
Ferro F.
6-17-64
Keys M.
Kenin S.[11]
7-627-5
Van Uytvanck A.
Bucsa C.
6-36-4
Wang Q.
Gauff C.[18]
6-46-2
Kostyuk M.
Parry D.
6-17-62
Konjuh A.
Rogers S.
4-66-37-5
Collins D.[27]
Dolehide C.
6-16-3
Mertens E.[19]
Zvonareva V.
6-47-5
Begu I.
Dodin O.
2-67-56-3
Zhang S.
Golubic V.
6-36-4
Rybakina E.[12]
Diyas Z.
6-737-636-1
Halep S.[14]
Frech M.
6-46-3
Haddad Maia B.
Volynets K.
3-66-26-3
Zidansek T.[29]
Rus A.
3-66-37-68
Watson H.
Sherif M.
6-35-76-2
Cornet A.
Tomova V.
6-36-3
Muguruza G.[3]
Burel C.
6-36-4
Linette M.
Sevastova A.
6-47-5
Bronzetti L.
Gracheva V.
3-66-26-3
Giorgi C.[30]
Potapova A.
6-46-0
Bencic B.[22]
Mladenovic K.
6-46-3
Anisimova A.
Hartono A.
2-66-46-3
Osaka N.[13]
Osorio C.
6-36-3
Parrizas Diaz N.
Bara I.
6-36-1
Pera B.
Alexandrova E.
7-56-3
Pegula J.[21]
Kalinina A.
4-67-617-5
Ruse E.
Paolini J.
6-16-3
Brengle M.
Yastremska D.
6-10-65-0
Krejcikova B.[4]
Petkovic A.
6-26-0
Zanevska M.
Juvan K.
7-677-64
Kasatkina D.[25]
Voegele S.
6-36-1
Stosur S.
Anderson R.
6-756-36-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.[10]
Bondar A.
6-26-1
Bouzkova M.
Marino R.
6-16-3
Inglis M.
Fernandez L.[23]
6-46-2
Vondrousova M.[31]
Hon P.
6-26-3
Samsonova L.
Bektas E.
7-56-4
Wang X.
Li A.
7-656-3
Sabalenka A.[2]
Hunter S.
5-76-36-2
Tauson C.
Sharma A.
6-36-4
Teichmann J.
Martic P.
6-36-3
Kanepi K.
Kerber A.[16]
6-46-3
Sorribes Tormo S.[32]
Flipkens K.
6-46-1
Sakkari M.[5]
Maria T.
6-47-62
Zheng Q.
Sasnovich A.
6-31-67-65
Badosa P.[8]
Tomljanovic A.
6-46-0
Kovinic D.
Jang S.
6-32-66-4
Cristian J.
Minnen G.
7-56-4
Trevisan M.
Hibino N.
6-26-3
Martincova T.
Davis L.
7-56-2
Ostapenko J.[26]
Schmiedlova A.
6-776-46-1
Swiatek I.[7]
Dart H.
6-36-0
Kontaveit A.[6]
Siniakova K.
6-26-3
Raducanu E.[17]
Stephens S.
6-02-66-1
Peterson R.
Saville D.
6-26-3
Cirstea S.
Kvitova P.[20]
6-26-2
Baptiste H.
Garcia C.
4-67-646-3